Serological study of the lymphochoriomeningitis virus (LCMV) in an inner city of Argentina

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Riera, Laura ^a   Castillo, Ernesto ^b   Saavedra, María Del Carmen ^a   Priotto, José ^b   Sottosanti, Josefa ^a   Polop, Jaime ^b   Ambrosio, Ana María ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arenavirus; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; Prevalence of LCMV in rodents and humans; Rodent borne disease; Urban LCMV; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARENAVIRUS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LYMPHOCHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOUSE; MYALGIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARGENTINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 17844401448     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20357     Document Type: Article

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